Alex Abell is responsible for the identification and analysis of potential fund investments and managing RCP’s research efforts. Prior to joining RCP, Alex founded Atlas Diligence after spending 10 years working in the private capital industry. Prior to founding Atlas, Alex worked for BlackRock Private Equity Partners. At BlackRock PEP, he helped. lead manager identification and due diligence on private capital fund opportunities as well as diligence on co-investment and secondary transactions. He previously worked at Quellos’s Private Capital Strategies Group, Shoreline Investment Management, and Cagan McAfee Capital Partners. Alex holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA with honors in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated magna cum laude.